UHCL Strategic Plan: Impact 2025 and Beyond

IMPACT 2025 AND BEYOND STRATEGIC PLAN

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY At University of Houston-Clear Lake, we are embracing change for delivering 21st Century quality educational programs to ensure we meet the needs of our students and our communities. Approaching 50 years’ experience in the educational field, and over 75,000 alumni, the University of Houston-Clear Lake continues to provide over ninety (90) degrees and doctoral programs in the field of Business, Education, Human Sciences and Humanities, and Science and Engineering.

Guided by our Vision and Mission, the strategic plan has four general themes which define a clear path for ensuring we deliver educational programs that are innovative, scalable, and sustainable; fosters a campus environment that welcomes all cultures and is inclusive to all people; collaborates with partners in the region for garnering opportunities that reward all stakeholders, through knowledge sharing, business development, innovation, and research.

University of Houston-Clear Lake “Faculty and Staff” are at the heart of making us a distinctive future ready provider of education and community development.

Their commitment is evident in the many alumni who are now distinguished leaders in many industries nationwide, who are making significant, and impactful changes.

As we focus on Implementing Impact 2025 and Beyond, three (3) words communicate our mindset and drive for impacting lives: Transform, Translate, Transend!

Our Impact 2025 and Beyond strategic plan was established on the ideology for ensuring readiness and sustainability, a trait that is ingrained in our university’s culture.

Richard Walker, Ed.D. President University of Houston-Clear Lake

University of Houston-Clear Lake stands committed to the Impact 2025 and Beyond strategic plan, because when we transform lives, we translate possibilities, and we transcend in change, we Impact new realities in practical and meaningful ways that make a positive difference.

CORE VALUES 1. Learner-focused

5. Resilience

UHCL is committed to maintaining and building strong degree plans that foster creativity and critical thinking. We are invested in our students and are committed to their growth, development and transformation.

UHCL embodies perseverance, passion, commitment, resolve and grit to bring positive change to the university and community.

Impact: Inspire individuals to grow to their fullest potential.

2. Transformation

Impact: Evolve as a community to persevere through challenges and adversity.

6. Service

UHCL empowers individuals to learn, grow and develop as leaders and contributors. We support and foster leadership and collaboration among students, faculty and staff.

UHCL is committed to community values, partnerships and collaboration. We create a service culture among faculty, staff and students. UHCL maintains strong sustainable relationships by engaging various stakeholders to achieve mutual goals and objectives.

Impact: Forge visionary leaders who are agents of change in their fields.

Impact: Develop leaders who foster the growth and wellbeing of the communities they serve.

3. Innovation

7. Integrity

UHCL cultivates fearless imagination when creating new programs, teaching methods and research opportunities that prepare students to meet the challenges of changing global economy. We are attuned to social, economic and environmental changes and take timely action to respond to them.

UHCL fosters honesty and trust among all internal and external constituents. We are committed to our values and to being accountable to our constituency in an atmosphere of generosity and kindness.

Impact: Deliver the solutions to challenges of today and tomorrow.

4. Diversity and Inclusion UHCL embraces inclusion and cultivates diversity at all levels of the institution. We celebrate our status as a Hispanic-serving institution. We welcome students, staff, faculty and partners from different nationalities, races, ethnicities, ages, religions, genders, sexual orientations and physical abilities into our family and value identity through the lens of intersectionality.

Impact: Create an inclusive community that develops well-rounded individuals who contribute to the global society.

Impact: Build a community of trusted individuals.

8. Sustainability UHCL maintains stewardship over resources including but not limited to university finances and operations and the socio-physical environment.

Impact: Make a difference in our world for generations to come.

STRATEGIC THEMES

Educational Achievement

Inclusive Culture

Provide innovative and experiential learning opportunities that promote student success.

Strengthen interdisciplinary collaborations across the university that enhance the students’ experience throughout their academic and professional careers. Support educational experiences through the optimization and stewardship of educational resources.

Institutional culture values diversity in many forms, resulting in an intersectional identity for students, faculty, staff and community. University supports the campus community, resulting in meaningful engagement and a positive campus climate. Development and advancement is achieved through institutional programming focusing on diversity, equity and inclusion.

Innovation through Collaboration

University Identity

Student opportunities involving internal and external partnerships that engage the community, alumni, employees and educational institutions, resulting in students making positive contributions to society. New knowledge generated by innovative scholarly activities produced by partners, students and faculty in response to societal opportunities and challenges.

Recognition as an institution that delivers distinctive integrated learning opportunities that invest in stakeholder experiences. The institution is committed to investment in human capital and innovative leadership that maximize the quality of the social, economic and cultural environment.

VISION The University of Houston-Clear Lake will lead as a learnercentered university dedicated to achieving national prominence in transformative education grounded in creative activities, innovative research, and community partnerships that serve regional, state and global locations. UHCL launches your future!

MISSION The University of Houston-Clear Lake places its highest priority on serving a diverse body of students in every aspect of their university experience. UHCL’s teacher scholars provide high quality, studentcentered undergraduate and graduate programs that prepare students to thrive in a competitive workplace and to make meaningful contributions to their communities. UHCL fosters critical thinking and lifelong learning through a strong legacy of vibrant community partnerships complementing its historical focus on teaching, research, creative activity and service.

For more information, visit our website at www.uhcl.edu/strategic-plan.

STRATEGY MAP

LEGEND Impacts all objectives in perspective above it

Students and Stakeholders Improve UHCL experience

Increase university recognition

Increase innovation

Resource Stewardship Increase revenue

University Process

Organizational Capacity

Improve campus diversity

Improve collaborative community presence

Increase value of diversity and inclusion

Improve alignment of resources with priorities

Improve student experience

Improve technology

Reduce costs

Improve business and academic operations

Improve learning resources

Improve communication

Improve workload management